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Having just repaired this on my friends Xbox 360, I followed the guide for RROD repair (as it had that first and then had e74). I found a picture of the HANA chip on Google with a hint to apply pressure on it when the Xbox is warming up. It took no time at all, and presto—we have working machine! I don't know how long it will stay working, but for now, it's fine.

If you are willing to know how to resolve E74 errors in the Xbox 360 without any difficulties, then, you should read this session of this blog, where you will grab more helpful info to resolve your Xbox issues within a little time slot.

The problem with e-74 is very similar to the RROD. Instead of the solder joints being messed up in the GPU or CPU, it's the solder joints on the HANA chip—the small black chip behind the GPU (closer to the fans). To fix this you can try to reflow the solder by heating the chip up to roughly 217 C for 20-30 seconds (best done with a thermocouple type thermometer to monitor the actual temp of the board) then letting the board sit for 30 minutes to completely cool down. When you reassemble the Xbox, apply fresh thermal paste to the GPU and CPU. I would not worry about doing the X-clamp fix, since your problem is not with the GPU or the CPU. I hope this helps.

to get a good reflow its best to heat the bottom of the board which can done with something as simple as a griddle(look on youtube youll see what i mean) and after the top of the board gets to like 100ish degrees c apply heat to the hana chip with a heat gun or something similar till the board gets to 217ish degrees c this will melt the solder and reflow it. there are videos on youtube if you just search xbox 360 reflow or something like that. Hope this helps.

I would just like to highlight three useful information about fixing Xbox 360.

#1 tip to avoid Xbox red ring of death is to prevent Xbox overheating.

#2 never try to re-solder Xbox your own unless you are knowledgeable at it or you have a repair guide with you.

#3 Don't wrap the damaged Xbox 360 console with a bath towel, it will not do good to your Xbox.

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Incorrect. The heat from a heat gun set properly will NOT damage the motherboard. They literally flow liquid solder on those boards during production to solder the pins in the first place ... and that is a LOT of heat!

Stick to unfolded paper clips in the fans of the 360 to stop the air flow it may seem like you will mess up your console but in reality you will reflow the solder and fix it! When you boot up your xbox with the paper clips in it you will wait about ten minutes or until the single red ring turns into to red rings. Once that has happened you have to unplug everything wait like two minutes, while your over heating it ,if your watching it, the graphics may get scrambled don't worry that is perfectly normal ( it is a sign of progress actually). After it overheats unplug everything from the back including the av cable, the power cable, and the paper clips. ( don't even bother to hit the power button before unplugging it). After that you will wait the two minutes and plug in everything again (excluding paper clips) and power it up you will notice that it works now.

Andrew Mattera, this is not a good fix. It is similar to any other willful overheating and may work for a short time. The risk that one runs is to destroy the logic board and other components through overheating. If you want it fixed, do it right.